EP0289314B1 - Verwendung von IGF-II zur Behandlung von Knochenkrankheiten - Google Patents

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EP0289314B1
EP0289314B1 EP88303855A EP88303855A EP0289314B1 EP 0289314 B1 EP0289314 B1 EP 0289314B1 EP 88303855 A EP88303855 A EP 88303855A EP 88303855 A EP88303855 A EP 88303855A EP 0289314 B1 EP0289314 B1 EP 0289314B1
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  • This invention relates to the use of insulin-related growth factor-II (IGF-II) in pharmacological circumstances.
  • IGF-II insulin-related growth factor-II
  • IGF-II belongs to the family of growth factors that also comprises insulin, relaxin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and possibly the beta sub-unit of the 7s nerve growth factor - see Blundell and Humbel, Nature 287 781 (1980). IGF-II differs from the other members of its family by molecular weight amino acid sequence and the length of its connecting peptide. The primary structure of human IGF-II was first elucidated by Rinderknecht and Humbel, FEBS Letters 89 283 (1978).
  • EP-A-0135094 discloses the amino acid sequence of IGF-I and IGF-II and nucleotide sequences of genes encoding them. Various hypotheses for their utility are put forward, but nothing concrete by way of clinically ueful activity is proposed, at least for IGF-II, other than the treatment of pituitary dwarfism.
  • WO-A-8600619 discloses prepro IGF-I and prepro IGF-II, but again gives no clinical utility for the end peptides.
  • EP-A-0193112 discloses cDNA encoding IGF-II. Again, no specific clinical utility is disclosed or forecast for IGF-II.
  • EP-A-0128733 discloses the production of "various forms" of human IGF and EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) by recombinant DNA technology. There is no specific disclosure of clinical utility beyond saying that human IGF can be used as a human growth factor.
  • DE-A 33 43 253 describes the use of fluoride in the treatment of osteoporosis.
  • IGF-II can be of use in the treatment of bone disorders.
  • IGF-II insulin growth factor-II
  • IGF-II could therefore be useful in disorders of bones caused by bone wasting disorders known as osteopenias, particularly osteoporosis (whether idiopathic or secondary).
  • osteopenia disorders of bone such as osteogenesis imperfecta, osteomalacia, osteitis deformans, osteoporosis, rickets, fibrous dysplasia and the like.
  • osteoporosis is meant idiopathic wasting disorders of bone such as osteoporosis of aging, or osteogenesis imperfects, and secondary osteoporosis (e.g.
  • IGF-II Insulin-like growth factor-II
  • neoplasms whether bone forming tumours, chondroid tumours or other neoplasms such as Ewing's sarcoma or giant cell tumour.
  • IGF-II could be useful in the treatment of (among other disorders of the bone) osteoporosis.
  • Osteoporosis is a bone wasting disease characterised by the loss of bone mass leading to atraumatic fracture. There is a resulting rarefaction of bone to leave the skeleton weakened and unable to bear the normal stresses placed upon it.
  • the disease is particularly prevalent in the parts of the skeleton that are weight bearing, especially the spine, wrist and hips.
  • the aetiology of the disease is multi-factorial. One especially common form of the disease occurs after the menopause. In the United States alone, post-menopausal osteoporosis effects 15 million women; it therefore poses a significant health problem.
  • these agents may be utilized prophylactically to enhance or maintain osteoblastic (bone building) activity in the patient, thereby preventing the onset of the predominant osteoblastic (bone resorbing) activity observed in the disease state.
  • forms of osteoporosis exist other than post menopausal, including primary and many forms of secondary osteoporosis. These agents may also be used therapeutically or prophylactically in the treatment of all forms of osteoporosis, whether primary or secondary, and in all bone wasting diseases.
  • a peptide which is identical to or substantially homologous with an IGF-II, or an active subfragment thereof, in the preparation of an agent for use in human osteoporosis.
  • the IGF-II is preferably human IGF-II.
  • IGF-II may be administered parenterally. Therefore, according to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sterile preparation of a peptide which is identical to or substantially homologous with an IGF-II, or an active subfragment thereof.
  • a composition comprising a peptide which is identical to or substantially homologous with IGF-II, or an active subfragment thereof, and a bone localising agent.
  • a preferred bone localising agent is a fluoride compound. Sodium fluoride is especially preferred. The bone localising agent helps target the IGF-II to bone sites.
  • a pharmaceutical agent for treating an osteopenia in human beings comprising a therapeutically effective amount of Insulin-like Growth Factor II or a therapeutically effective amount of an osteoblastic stimulating fragment of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II, preferably in combination with a potentiating amount of fluoride ion, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the pharmaceutical agent is advantageously either a parenteral unit dosage form, or in an aqueous pharmaceutical carrier and suitable for intravenous injection, or in lyophilized form and upon rehydration is suitable for intramuscular administration.
  • a particularly preferred pharmaceutical agent is one in which the Insulin-like Growth Factor II has the amino acid sequence: or one substantially homologous therewith.
  • peptides usable in accordance with the invention may enhance bone cell division, bone matrix production and thereby eventually stimulate bone formation to increase the total bone volume of the body.
  • the peptides may act synergistically to stimulate bone formation.
  • the present invention is at least to some extent based on the hitherto unpublished discovery that IGF-II is the same as skeletal growth factor (SGF).
  • SGF skeletal growth factor
  • human IGF-II has been found to be identical to human SGF.
  • SGF has been implicated in the stimulation of collagen synthesis (Linkhart et al , J. Cell. Physiol. 128 307 (1986)) and has been recognised as having a mitogenic effect on bone cells (Farley et al Biochemistry 21 (14) 3509 (1982)).
  • IGF-II may be prepared by a variety of techniques. First, it may be extracted. Extraction may be from plasma as described by Rinderknecht and Humbel ( Op. Cit .) Alternatively, it may be isolated from human bones, as described by Mojan et al Biochem. Biophys. Acta 884 234 (1986)). It should be noted that in the Mojan paper IGF-II was referred to as SGF. IGF-II may also be isolated from bone cells grown in culture.
  • the second way in which the IGF-II may be prepared is peptide synthesis.
  • the natural human IGF-II is only 67 amino acids in length, it may be found to be fairly simple to prepare at least small quantities of the peptide by this technique.
  • the third (and what may ultimately be the preferred) method of preparation involves recombinant DNA techniques.
  • the first stage in such techniques would be to obtain a length of DNA coding for the desired IGF-II.
  • One way to do this would be to isolate mRNA from IGF-II-producing cells and, with the in vitro use of reverse transcriptase, produce cDNA coding for the desired peptide.
  • the DNA may be chemically synthesised.
  • a number of oligonucleotides may be produced, from which the desired cDNA can be prepared by the use of DNA polymerase and DNA ligase. Restriction endonuclease digestion of either end can leave appropriate cohesive restrictions sites for insertion into a plasmid.
  • the synthetic DNA is cDNA or chemically synthesised, it can either have cohesive ends provided by a restriction endonuclease or it may be terminally tailed by for example oligo-dC by the use of the appropriate nucleotide and terminal transferase.
  • a plasmid for example pBR322
  • Pst I cleaves pBR322 in the gene coding for ampicillin resistance. This allows for easy selection of recombinant plasmids.
  • the Pst I-digested pBR322 can be oligo-dG tailed to complement an oligo-dC tail piece of DNA coding for the desired peptide.
  • the cleaved plasmid and the DNA coding for the peptide can be annealed and ligated; host cells (for example E. coli ) can be transformed with the appropriate recombinant plasmid.
  • the transformed E. coli host cells may be cultured under appropriate conditions to express the IGF-II peptide.
  • Human bone cells are isolated from femoral heads obtained during hip replacement surgery. They are grown in monolayer culture in dishes containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 10% foetal calf serum. The release of IGF-II into the culture medium can be followed using a radioreceptor assay, using rat hepatoma (H35) cells in monolayer culture and IGF-II release is seen to increase with increasing culture time. The results are shown in Table 1.
  • IGF-II The production of IGF-II is modulated by systemic agents.
  • the addition of insulin (10 to 10,000 ng/ml) for 24 hours stimulates the production of IGF-II by the bone cells in a dose dependent manner. This again can be seen from Table 1.
  • Human bone cells produce very much more IGF-II than IGF-I.
  • Media conditioned by 2 x 104 cells for 24 hours contain 17.6 ng/ml of IGF-II.
  • the cells produced only 1.16 ng/ml of IGF-I.
  • human bone cells are shown to produce more than 15 times more IGF-II than IGF-I.
  • Human femoral heads were obtained during hip replacement surgery at local hospitals. They were cleaned with a knife to remove the adhering soft tissue. The bones were then cut into small pieces (approximately 2 cm3) using a band saw and washed with cold tap water to remove the blood and marrow. The bone pieces were frozen in liquid nitrogen and ground with solid CO2 using a Wiley mill. the resulting bone powder (2 mm3) was washed overnight by constant mixing with deionized water containing proteinase inhibitors (5 mM benzamidine, 100 mM epsilon-aminocaproic acid and 1 mM phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride).
  • proteinase inhibitors 5 mM benzamidine, 100 mM epsilon-aminocaproic acid and 1 mM phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride.
  • the residue was extracted for 72 to 96 hours by constant stirring with excess (5 vol.) 30 mM tris-acetate/4 M guanidine-HCl (pH 7.4) containing proteinase inhibitors.
  • serum protein serum protein (albumin, immunoglobulins etc) and other loosely bound proteins were extracted.
  • the supernatant was decanted and the residue was re-extracted for an additional 24 hours with 4 M guanidine solution.
  • the residue was demineralised for 7 days by constant mixing with 10% EDTA/4 M guanidine-HCl containing proteinase inhibitors (pH 7.4).
  • the supernatant was decanted, centrifuged (10,000 rpm for 20 minutes), filtered and concentrated by Amicon membrane filtration.
  • the concentrate (guanidine-EDTA extract) was washed with excess of 4 M guanidine-HCl to remove EDTA completely.
  • the guanidine EDTA extract was used for further human IGF-II purification under dissociative conditions.
  • the guanidine EDTA extract was dialysed against distilled water using Spectrapor membrane tubing (molecular weight cut-off 3500), assayed for protein concentration and tested for mitogenic activity.
  • IGF-II activity in the guanidine-EDTA extract was purified by hydroxyapatite and gel filtration chromatography as follows.
  • Hydroxyapatite (Fast Flow, Bio-Rad) was equilibrated with 30 mM tris-acetate/4 M guanidine-HCl/10 mM potassium phosphate (pH 7.4).
  • the phosphate concentration of the guanidine-EDTA extract was adjusted to 10 mM and the sample was applied to the hydroxyapatite column (15 x 5 cm).
  • the unbound proteins were eluted with 10 mM phosphate in 30 mM tris-acetate/4 M guanidine-HCl (pH 7.4).
  • the bound proteins were eluted in a single step by increasing the phosphate concentration to 400 mM in the same buffer. Aliquots of unbound and 400 mM phosphate-eluted fractions were desalted by dialysis and tested for protein concentration and mitogenic activity.
  • the unbound fraction from hydroxyapatite chromatography (which contained 90% of the mitogenic activity) was concentrated and the proteins were separated by HPLC gel-filtration chromatography on a preparative TSK-G3000 SWG column (21.5 x 600 mm, LKB products).
  • the chromatography was performed with a Beckman Model 344 gradient liquid chromatography system, which consists of two Model 112 pumps controlled by a Model 421 controller-programmer. Two ml samples were applied to the column with an Altex Model 210 injection valve and the proteins were eluted at 2 ml/min with 30 mM trisacetate/4 M guanidine-HCl (pH 7.4).
  • the absorbence was monitored at 280 nm (Beckman Model 160 detector) and the elution profile was recorded using a Hewlett Packard Integrator Model 3390A. 2-min fractions were collected and the fractions were pulled according to the protein peaks and concentrated. Aliquots of the pools were dialysed against distilled water to remove guanidine and assayed for protein content and mitogenic activity.
  • the active pool obtained from gel filtration (6 to 17.5 kDa) was dialysed against 10 mM tris-HCl, pH 7.2 containing 100 mM NaCl and was loaded in 10 ml of the same buffer into a 0.5 x 10 cm heparin-sepharose affinity column (Pharmcia FPLC System).
  • the unbound proteins were eluted with the starting buffer (20 minutes, Flow Rate 1 ml/min, 2 minute fractions) and the bound proteins were eluted by a gradient of 0.1 to 3.0 M sodium chloride over 10 minutes.
  • the active fractions from heparin-sepharose chromatography (fractions 15 to 30, 0.2 to 0.6 M NaCl) were pooled and re-run on the same heparin-sepharose column using the same gradient.
  • the active fractions from the second heparin-sepharose step (fraction 17 to 22) were pooled, concentrated and then subjected to two sequential separations by reverse phase chromatography in 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) using a 4.6 x 250 mm C4 column (Bio-Rad RP 304).
  • the first separation used a 10 to 60% acetonitrile gradient in 50 minutes and the second separation used a 25 to 45% acetonitrile gradient in 100 minutes.
  • IGF-II is active on bone cells.
  • IGF-II as obtained in Example 1 or 2, stimulates division in bone cells in monolayer culture and is therefore a bone cell mitogen. This is demonstrated using embryonic chick calvarial cells in monolayer culture. The results are shown in Table 2.
  • IGF-II in therapeutically effective amount, it is possible to increase the osteoblastic activity within the bone to a point exceeding the pre-existing osteoclastic activity so as to effect a cure in a patient suffering from an osteopenia.
  • IGF-II can be administered to a patient susceptible to an osteopenia in a prophylactically effective amount, so as to maintain a balance between osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity in said patient.
  • the osteopenia being treated or prevented is osteoporosis.
  • IGF-II when combined with fluoride is targetted to bone.
  • IGF-II When labelled with fluoride, IGF-II is bone-specific in its actions. Additionally, when combined with sodium fluoride, IGF-II acts synergistically with this drug to stimulate bone cell division and bone matrix production above the levels achieved by either agent when used alone. Specifically thymidine incorporation into DNA is increased, proline incorporation into collagen is stimulated and cellular alkyline phosphatase is increased by the drug combination.
  • IGF-II and fluoride ion increase the proliferation of human bone cells (Table 2C) as determined by the incorporation of tritiated thymidine into DNA
  • the combination of IGF-II and fluoride ion produces an unexpectedly enhanced effect upon bone cell proliferation, said fluoride ion potentiating the osteoblastic stimulating activity of IGF-II (Table 2C).
  • fluoride is the single most effective agent for restoring bone mass lost as a result of osteoporosis, and, at levels that are effective in stimulating bone formation, fluoride particularly as a slow release preparation does not have appreciable side effects on other organ systems.
  • the combination of IGF-II and fluoride ion, wherein the fluoride ion (in a physiologically acceptable form such as MFP, NaF or other) is associated with a pharmaceutically acceptable cation would provide an especially effective pharmaceutical agent in the treatment of the osteopenias, particularly osteoporosis.
  • Such pharmaceutically acceptable cations include sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, ferrous, zinc, copper, manganous, aluminum, ferric, manganic and the like. Particularly preferred are the ammonium, potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium salts.
  • fragments of biologically active polypeptides can possess substantially the same biological activity as the parent intact polypeptide. Accordingly, this invention also encompasses fragments of IGF-II also possessing osteoblastic stimulating activity, whether obtained from an intact molecule or synthetically such as by chemical manipulation or by recombinant DNA techniques.
  • osteoblastic stimulating fragments alone or in combination with fluoride ion to treat or prevent the osteopenias, particularly osteoporosis, in patients suffering from or susceptible respectively to said diseases states.
  • a veterinarian or physician of ordinary skill can readily determine whether a subject exhibits a bone wasting condition, osteopenia.
  • the compounds of this invention may be administered parenterally (other than by mouth) such as intravascularly, intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or by suppository using forms known to the pharmaceutical art, or by transdermal route (air gun or skin patch delivery).
  • parenterally such as intravascularly, intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or by suppository using forms known to the pharmaceutical art, or by transdermal route (air gun or skin patch delivery).
  • the compounds may, in addition to the above methods, be administered locally, into, at or near the fracture site.
  • the active drug components of the present invention in liquid, powdered, or lyophilized form may be combined with a suitable diluent or carrier (collectively referred to herein as "carrier" materials) such as water, saline, aqueous dextrose, aqueous buffers, and the like. Preservatives may also be added.
  • carrier diluent or carrier
  • the compounds of the present invention are formulated into pharmaceutically acceptable dosage forms by conventional methods known to those skilled in the art.
  • the compounds may also be formulated using pharmacologically acceptable acid or base addition salts.
  • the compounds or their salts may be used in a suitable hydrated form.
  • a non-toxic but therapeutically effective quantity of one or more compounds of this invention is employed in any treatment.
  • the dosage regimen for preventing or treating a bone wasting condition with the compounds of this invention is selected in accordance with a variety of factors, including the type, age, weight, sex, and medical condition of the patient, the severity of the inflammatory condition, the route of administration, and the particular compound employed in the treatment.
  • a physician or veterinarian of ordinary skill can readily determine and prescribe the effective amount of the drug required to prevent or arrest the progress of the condition. In so proceeding, the physician or veterinarian could employ relatively low doses at first and subsequently increase the dose until a maximum response is obtained.
  • IGF-II antibodies may be used to extract IGF-II from bone matrix using an affinity column. Alternatively, IGF-I may be used. The reasons that IGF-I antibodies work are because (a) IGF-II is present in a relatively high concentration in bone compared to IGF-I and (b) IGF-II binds to IGF-I antibodies.
  • bone cell derived IGF-II may also be purified from animal serum.
  • Mammalian serum including human, bovine, ovine, porcine or equine serum, may be used.
  • Bovine Insulin-like Growth Factor II (bIGF-II) from Extract.
  • the hip bones from freshly slaughtered cows are mechanically scraped clean of soft tissue and cut into 2cm3 sections.
  • the bone sections are frozen in liquid nitrogen and ground in a Wiley mill to yield a bone powder that is washed with warm water to remove fat and serum protein, demineralized and extracted using 20% EDTA, 0.04% sodium azide as described above.
  • the EDTA extracts are concentrated and partially desalted by Amicon ultrafiltration. The remaining EDTA is removed by desalting with Sephadex G-25. Three alternative methods can be used for further purification of the desalted crude extracts.
  • the large partially purified bIGF-II tends to become small on further manipulation.
  • Evidence suggests that an endogenous bone protease is present in the bone extracts and is activated during the purification process. This protease is evident in the bovine bone extracts as will be indicated subsequently in chicken extracts, but is not observed in the purification of the human extracts.
  • the tibia and femur of adult chickens are mechanically scraped clean of soft tissue.
  • the cartilage ends are cut off and the bones are frozen in dry ice and smashed into 3mm3 pieces. Serum proteins and fat are removed by extensive washing of the bone pieces in 0.03M Tris(acetate), 0.15M NaCl, (pH 7.4), with vigorous agitation.
  • the bone is then subjected to demineralization and extraction with 10% EDTA, 0.04% sodium azide.
  • the EDTA extracts are concentrated and partially desalted by Amicon ultrafiltration and the remaining EDTA removed by Sephadex G-25 chromatography. Two approaches are used to further purify the cIGF-II.
  • Human bone cells were collagenase dissociated and grown in monolayer culture in 24 well dishes containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS).
  • DMEM Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
  • FBS fetal bovine serum
  • insulin can be added in varying amounts to increase the amount of hIGF-II produced.
  • human growth hormone (10 ng/ml) or somatostatin (50 ng/hl) can also be used to enhance hIGF-II production (see detailed discussion).
  • Experiment 1 consisted of 5 rats in the Control group and 3 rats in the Treated group.
  • the parameters measured in the Treated and Control groups consisted of the following (1) serum calcium; (2) body weight at the start of the experiment; (3) body weight at the end of the experiment; (4) femur alkaline phosphatase activity; and (5) femur acid phosphatase activity.
  • the first three parameters no significant (N.S.) difference was demonstrated between the Control group, which was not receiving IGF-II, and the Treated group, which was receiving bovine bone IGF-II extract.
  • the femur alkaline phosphates there was a significant difference between the Treated and Control groups. Specifically, in the Treated Group, the femur alkaline phosphatase was increased 136% over that in the Control group. Increased alkaline phosphatase activity in bone by itself is suggestive of increased osteoblastic (bone building) activity. However, when combined with the data in Table 4, showing the results of histomorphometric assessment of the rat bones, the result is indicative of increased osteoblastic activity within the bone.
  • IGF-II extracts The most dramatic effect of IGF-II extracts on bone is seen in the data in Table 4.
  • Table 4 reflects histological comparisons between the tibiae and vertebrae (bones) of the Treated and Control groups of rats from Experiment 1 after sacrifice.
  • the (IGF-II extract) Treated group demonstrates markedly increased bone growth over the Control group in parameters associated with bone growth. Specifically, relative to the Control group, the Treated group demonstrated 73.9% more tibiae periosteal bone formation (the volume of new bone formed in the outer connective tissue, periosteum, covering the bone); and a 27.4% greater periosteal apposition rate (the rate of laying down of new bone) -- parameters 1 and 2 of Table 4.
  • the IGF-II extract Treated group also exhibited a 55% increase in bone forming surface over the untreated Control group, as measured by the ability of the bone forming surface to pick up a label --parameter 4 of Table 4.
  • the data discloses that the Control group had 339% more inactive bone forming surface than the Treated group -- parameter 5 of Table 4.
  • Experiment 1 demonstrates that parenteral administration of IGF-II extract stimulates significant osteoblastic activity in vivo .
  • TGF transforming growth factor
  • the levels of bone alkaline phosphatase were analyzed more extensively. Again, the Treated group exhibited significantly increased levels of alkaline phosphatase in the femur, skull and sternum over that exhibited by the Control group, 83%, 165%, and 102%, respectively -- parameters 1, 2, and 3 of Table 6. The acid phosphatase levels, although increased, were only significantly increased (p ⁇ 0.001) in the femur and skull of the Treated group and by 93%, and 71% respectively.
  • the results of the alkaline phosphatase analysis in the femur, skull and sternum are consistent with an increase in osteoblast number and bone formation.
  • the alkaline phosphatase data also agrees very well with the quantitative histology of the tibiae of treated rats, where a 60% increase (p ⁇ 0.001) in the periosteal bone formation (mm3) and a 40% increase in the matrix apposition rate ( /day) were observed. (Table 7).
  • the increase in tartrate sensitive acid phosphatase in the femur and skull is consistent with an increase in the amount of osteoblastic acid phosphatase due to the increased number of osteoblasts. It is also consistent with the presence of the osteoclast stimulating agent, beta transforming growth factor (TGF), in the bone extract.
  • TGF beta transforming growth factor

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  1. Verwendung eines Peptids welches mit IGF-II identisch oder weitgehend homolog ist oder eines aktiven Unterfragmentes davon zur Herstellung eines Arzneimittels für die Behandlung von Osteopenien in Menschen durch Stimulierung der Knochenbildung.
  2. Verwendung des Peptids nach Anspruch 1 zur Herstellung eines Arzneimittels für die Behandlung von Osteoporose beim Menschen.
  3. Verwendung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Peptid IGF-II ist.
  4. Verwendung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 - 3 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Peptid
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  5. Verwendung eines Peptids nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4 in Kombination mit einem knochenlokalisierenden Mittel.
  6. Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Arzneimittels für die Behandlung von Osteopenia beim Menschen durch die Stimulierung der Knochenbildung, welches nach Anspruch 5 verwendet werden kann dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Verfahren das Mischen einer therapeutisch wirksamem Menge von IGF-II, eines Peptids welches weitgehend homolog zu IGF-II ist oder eines aktiven Unterfragmentes davon umfasst, wobei das Verfahren die Mischung des Peptids mit einem knochenlokalisierenden Mittel beinhaltet.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6 dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Arzneimittel eine parenterale Einheitsdosierform in einem wäßrigen pharmazeutischen Träger ist oder in einer Form, die für intravenöse Darreichung geeignet ist oder in lyophilisierter Form und nach Rehydrierung zur intramuskulären Darreichung geeignet ist.
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